Stadium Minor League History:
California League 1941-1942,
1946-1975, 1978-1979, 1982-presentCurrent Status:Home of the Bakersfield Blaze of the California
League

What's Good:The
most interesting thing about this stadium is that it is one of the very
few fields where the batter faces west, and therefore right into the setting
sun early in night games. To compensate, the team schedules night
games for 7:30 (instead of the typical 7:00 start most clubs use).
In addition, the stadium has an enormous wall built beyond the outfield
fence to block the sun, with trees planted on either side of it (for a
picture of the wall, click here). Also
of note is the extremely short center field distance of 354 feet -- and
the 15 foot outfield fences. The seating area itself, which was completely
redone in 1994, is comfortable enough, with individual seats behind home
and first, and bleachers on the third base side. The folks working
here were definitely among the friendliest I've encountered, but it's still
the unique field dimensions and orientation that I'll remember most.
Although new ballparks are popping up everywhere, it's comforting to know
a place as different as Sam Lynn Ballpark still exists.

What's Not So Good: The
seating area is bare-bones and pretty boring, and a chain-link fence hinders
the view from the box seats and the first few rows after that.